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13 Scalability with Dell EMC OpenManage Integration with Microsoft System Center (OMIMSSC) for System Center
Operations Manager (SCOM)
Dell EMC devices discovered from SCOM console; iDRAC – SMASH Monitoring Template,
Chassis, and Network Switches as Network Devices (SCOM 2012 R2 to latest SCOM)
Monitoring
mode
Maximum
count of Dell
EMC Devices
per Alert Relay
Server
specific to the
Monitoring
mode
Number of Alert
Relay Servers to
be configured
Number of Management Servers to
be configured
Remarks
Scalable
250
=(Total number
of Dell EMC
devices) / 250
Total of the two numbers:
• Number of
Alert Relay
Servers / 4.
• Number of Management
Servers present in Sizing
Guide with Number of all
Network Devices set to
(Total number of SMASH) +
(Network Devices);
irrespective of whether
devices are Dell EMC
devices or not.)
• Each SCOM
Management Group
can have maximum
of five Management
Servers and 20 Alert
Relay Servers
configured.
• Each Management
Server can be
connected to
maximum of four
Alert Relay Servers.
• Each Alert Relay
Server can monitor
maximum of 250
devices in Scalable
mode.
Maximum number of
Management Servers:
• = 5 for Windows +
Alert Relay Server
• = 6 for network
devices
The network devices must
be created in their own
resource pool.
Detailed
30
=(Total number
of Dell EMC
devices) / 30
Total of the two numbers:
• Number of Alert Relay
Servers / 2
• Number of Management
Servers present in Sizing
Guide with Number of all
Network Devices set to
(Total number of SMASH) +
(Network Devices);
irrespective of whether
devices are Dell EMC
devices or not.)
• Each Alert Relay
Server can monitor
maximum of 30
devices.
• Each Management
Server can be
connected to
maximum of 2 Alert
Relay Servers.
• Each Management
Group can have up to
max 10 Alert Relay
Servers.
The network devices must
be created in their own
resource pool.